{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/brysonreidhomefinancing-com\/2026\/09\/16\/earnest-money-isnt-lost-money-%f0%9f%92%b0\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","slug":"earnest-money-isnt-lost-money-%f0%9f%92%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/16\/earnest-money-isnt-lost-money-%f0%9f%92%b0\/","title":{"rendered":"Earnest Money Isn\u2019t Lost Money \ud83d\udcb0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Think of it as a deposit: Earnest money shows the seller you\u2019re serious and is typically held in escrow after contract acceptance.<br \/>\nIt can become your credit: At closing, your earnest money is generally applied toward your down payment, closing costs, or other approved expenses.<br \/>\nProtect your deposit: Follow the contract deadlines and ask your Austin mortgage broker how earnest money will appear on your final Closing Disclosure.<br \/>\nBuying in Austin? Let\u2019s review your numbers and make sure your earnest money is properly documented and credited at closing. Send us a message to get started!<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of it as a deposit: Earnest money shows the seller you\u2019re serious and is typically held in escrow after contract acceptance. It can become your credit: At closing, your earnest money is generally applied toward your down payment, closing costs, or other approved expenses. Protect your deposit: Follow the contract deadlines and ask your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brysonreidhomefinancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}